Combined pencil clip and sharpener



Jan. 22, 1929. 1,699,791

C. JOHNSON COMBINED PENCIL CLIP AND SHARPENER Filed March '7, 1927 INVENTOR GEAR/LES JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F 0N'E-HALF!I0 FREDEBIGK ur ICE.

C. AVERY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUMBINED PENCIL .CIIIF AIlTID SHLARPENER.

Application filed March 7, 1927. Serial Nol 173,438.

My invention relates to a combined penc l clip and sharpener that applies to the ordinary lead pencil in common use, and the object is to provide a clip for fastening to the body of the pencil in order to attach and hold the pencil in the pocket and also a clip that'may be readily removed from the body of the pencil in order to sharpen the pencil when wanted.

I attain these and other advantages by means of the construction illustrated and de; scribed in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is'an assembled View of the combined pencil clip and sharpener from the clip side.

Fig. 2 is an assembled side view showing the normal position of the members when not in use.

Fig. 3 is an assembled and opposite view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detached View of the clip mem ber l'on the opposite side shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a top view of Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

Fig. 6 is a detached view of the knife memher on the opposite side shown in Fig. 3.

.Fig. 7 is an assembled view showing the combined pencil clip and sharpener in POSl- When a portion of a member is referred to in the drawings, the numeral of that member is followed by a lower case letter.

Fig. 2 shows the clip member 1,.rigidly attached to the knife member 2, and in its norinal position when not in use, this clip memher 1 has a yielding spring movement each way from its normal position to the dotted line it and the dotted line L.

When the assembled members 1 and 2 are used as a pencil clip as shown in Fig. 7, the pencil is inserted between the clip member 1 and the circular curved portions 2 which will force the clip member 1 to the dotted line B,

. the body of the shown in Fig. 2, and in the tion as shown in Fig. 7

When the assemble members 1 and 2 are used for a pencil sharpener, the pencil is inserted between the clip member 1 and the knife member 2 which will force the clip member 1 to the position on the dotted line L shown in Fig. 2, and in the pencil sharpening position as shown in Fig. 8.

The clip member 1 also has a spring tension which gives a pressure to the body of the pencil between the members 1 and 2 when the pencil is inserted in either position as described.

' It will be noted by referring to Fig. 7 that the knife member 2 has circular extended portions 2*, which partly enclose the body of the peneilsas shown in Figs. 7 and 8.-

It will also be seen by referring to Figs. 1 and 2 that the clip member 1 has an extended concave clamp portion 1 which closely fits pencil when used as a clip as pencil clip posishown in Fig. 7 I

The clamping spring tension between the circular curved portions 2 and the extended concave clamp 1 firmly holds the members 1 and 2 to the body of the pencil when used as a clip as shown in Fig. 7, and inasmuch as the clip member 1 and the knife member 2 are held in position as a clip by means of the spring tension between the two members 1 and 2 the lower portion of the members at the rivet knob 3 may be forced away from the body of the pencil in order to allow a double piece of fabric, likethe outside of a vest pocket, to pass between the knob 3 and the body of the pencil and yet hold itself firmly in place on the pencil.

The knob rivet 3 is merely a large head rivet, with the head large enough to form a knob for the clip member 1 while the body of the rivet passes through the perforations 3 in the clip member 1 and the knife memher 2 shown in Figs. 4 and 6 and therebyriveting the clip member 1 and the knife member 2 firmly in position by means of the riveted portion 3 as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.

When the combined pencil clip and sharpener is assembled as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the detached view of the clip member 1, as shown in Fig. 4c is on the inside and facing the knife member 2. It will be seen by referring to Fig. 4: that the clip member 1 has an oblong concave opening 1. This concave opening 1" is a support and guide for the pencil when the pencil is sharpened, and 111 the position as shown in Fig. 8.

Referring to Fi 6, which is a detached View of the knife member 2, and the view in Fig. 6 is opposite to the view of the knife member as shown in Fig. 3. The knife membe'r 53 has a knife blade portion 2 lengthwise of the knife Inember Q. This knife blade portion 2 is formed from the knife member 2 by slitting and forcing the blade portion 2 from the body of the metal, and in such a way that the blade portion will project or extend outward from the body of the knife member 2 and the extension will be far enough to form a cutting edge for the blade portion 2, and yet the projected blade portion 2" is integral with the body of theknife member 2. i

When the members 1 and 2 are assembled in position as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3', the side View of the clip member as shown in Fig. 4 and the side View of the knife member 2 with the cutting edge of the blade portion 2, as shown in Fig. 6, are placed opposite each other and on the inside of the combined clip and sharpener, and. in such'a way that when the pencil is inserted as shown in Fig. 8 the pencil will be supported by the oblongconcave opening 1" and in contact with the extended blade portion 2", and it is plain that when this position is attained the rotation of the pencil will sharpen the inserted portion.

While I have shown the clip member 1 and the knife member 2 fastened together with a knob rivet 3, yet it is plain that other equivalent means may be used to connect these members, such as a screw, or the ends of the members 1' and 2 may be connected integral making the two members in one piece, and again while I have shown the blade portion 2, integral with the knife member 2, itis clear that the blade portion 2" may be made in a separate piece and fastened to the knife member 2 by means of screws or rivets if desired, and yet the utility of my invention will not be affected.

Having described my invention for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, I claim as follows 1. In a combined pencil clipv and sharpener, a clip member, a knife member lengthwise of the clip member and attached thereto with a yielding pressure between the clip member and the knife member in order to grip. the pencil and means for supporting the pencil between the clip member and the knife member in order to sharpen the pencil.

2. In a combined pencil clip and sharp ener, a knife member with circular extended portions, a clip member lengthwise of the knife member and'between the circular extended portions and with a yielding pressure between the clip member and the extended portions of the knife member in order to grip the pencil and means for supporting the pencil between the clip member and the knife member in order to sharpen the pencil.

3. In a combined pencil clip and sharpener, a knife member with a blade lengthwise of the member, a connected clip member with a concave opening for supporting the pencil in contact with the blade of the knife memher and between the knife member and the clip member there being a yielding spring action between the knife member and the clip member in order to grip. the body of the pencil.

4. In a combined pencil clip and sharpener, a knife member with a blade portion lengthwise of the member, a connected clip member lengthwise of the knife member and with an extended concave clamp portion there being a yielding pressure between the knife member and the concave portion of the clip member in order to grip the pencil and means for supporting the pencil between the clip member and the knife member in order to sharpen the pencil.

5. In a combined pencil clip and sharpener, a knife member with a blade portion lengthwise of the member and with circular extended portions, a clip member with an oblong concave opening lengthwise of the member there being a yielding spring action between the circular extended portions of the knife member and the clip member in order to grip the pencil and a yielding spring action between the knife member and the clip member with the concave opening forsupporting the pencil when sharpening.

6. In acombined pencil clip and sharpener, a knife member, a clip member connected to the knife member, a knob member connected to thelower or connected ends of the knife member and the clip member there being a. yielding spring action between the knife member and the clip member in order to grip the body of the pencil and a yielding spring action between the knob member and the body of the pencil in order to grip an inserted support.

7. In a combined pencil clip and sharpener consisting of a knife member and a clip member lengthwise of each other, a connec tion between the knife member and the clip member at one end of'the two members and a yielding spring action between the opposite ends of the two members, extended curved portions attached to the knife member and enclosing a portion of the clip member and means for supporting the pencil between the clip member and the extended curved portions of the knife member in order to grip the body of the pencil.

Signed on this the 1stday of March 1927.

CHARLES JOHNSON. 

